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March 26, 2026
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Disruption Happens. You Need a Business Continuity Plan.
When a nonprofit colleague asks me what risk management step would benefit their organization most in times of uncertainty and frequent disruption, I often ask them, “Do you have a business continuity plan (BCP)?” Often, the first response is a...
Topics: Business Continuity Planning
March 17, 2026
Resource Type: Risk eNews
There is No Time Like the Present: AI Reckoning
by Melanie Lockwood Herman (This article is adapted from a segment in our risk forecast for 2026: Manage Risk With Intention This Year. The full paper is available here.) During a recent AI Risk Assessment led by NRMC, we conducted...
March 12, 2026
Resource Type: Risk eNews
When a Crisis Hits, Be Prepared
By Rachel Sams Imagine a water main break flooded your nonprofit’s building tomorrow. Now imagine that tomorrow also happened to be the day of your organization’s most important fundraiser of the year—one that brings hundreds of clients and supporters to...
March 3, 2026
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Nobody Likes to Be Told What to Do
I’ve been re-reading Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need To Know Now, a thin volume packed with powerful, heartwarming and heart-wrenching advice. During morning tea with my roommates (Mum and her dog Ringo), we sometimes...
Topics: General
February 25, 2026
Resource Type: Risk eNews
How to Build a Safety Savvy Culture
Building safety savvy into your nonprofit’s culture has many benefits. When safety is top of mind, it helps you keep employees, participants, clients and visitors safe; avoid injuries and accidents; and free up time you might otherwise spend filing claims,...
Topics: General
February 10, 2026
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Traction, Not Distraction: Sorting the Elements of Your Risk Function
I’ve recently been reading Indistractable, by Nir Eyal. One concept that resonated was the distinction between traction and distraction. Borrowing from Eyal’s insight that “distractions impede us from making progress towards the life we envisage,” I’ve identified a handful of...
Topics: Organizational Culture
February 3, 2026
Resource Type: Risk eNews
You Never Know
By Melanie Lockwood Herman I listen to a music-only radio station during my commute to and from NRMC. During a recent ride home, I was struck and inspired by the lyrics of Around the Corner, written by Milan Miller and...
Topics: General
January 27, 2026
Resource Type: Articles, Risk eNews
Manage Risk With Intention This Year
Did external forces nudge your mission off course temporarily or push it onto a new path in 2025? Or did possibilities (risks) you embraced or shunned propel your team into unforeseen challenges? Were your forecasts for the year slightly or...
Topics: Risk Basics
January 13, 2026
Resource Type: Risk eNews
What’s Good for the Goose Is Good for Risk Management
Last weekend, I was outside for a round of freezbee with my dog, Braxton. (Freezbee is our wintry version of catch-and-return frisbee that we play together, come sleet or snow or below zero temperatures.) On Sunday afternoon, we were interrupted...
Topics: General
January 6, 2026
Resource Type: Risk eNews
NRMC’s Most Popular Articles of 2025
The NRMC team always learns something when we look back at the articles that resonated most with our audience of nonprofit risk professionals each year. As we paused to look back this week, we learned that nonprofit risk leaders long...
Topics: Risk Basics